Gigs
In addition to numerous private bookings, we also play a number of public gigs each year, including major UK folk festivals.
Our public gigs give a great opportunity to try us before you book us for your event!
Forthcoming Gigs
2024
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2025
25th January 11th April 12th April 26th April 10th May 17th May | Private Burns Night Booking - Little Gransden, Cambridgshire Unicorn Ceilidhs - Baldock, Hertfordshire Ollie Simons calling and half time dance display spot by St.Albans Morris. Private Booking - Letchworth Private Booking - South Farm, Royston Private Booking - Little Downham, Ely Private Booking - Cotton End, Bedford |
2024
21st September 14th September 7th September 23rd August 10th August 3rd August 25th July 20th July 12th July 6th July 8th June 18th May 11th May 27th April 20th April 6th April 23rd March 16th March 1st March 24th February 3rd February 27th January 26th January 25th January 20th January 12th January | Private Booking - Peterborough Private Booking - Bedford Private Booking - Cambridge Whitby Folk Week - Whitby Folk Week's closing ceilidh with the Festival Band and Sue Coe calling. Private Booking - March, Cambridgeshire Private Booking - Wandlebury Country Park, Cambridgshire Cambridge Folk Festival- 2024 festival opening act with a ceilidh called by Mary Panton. Abbostley Feast Week Ceilidh, near St. Neots, Cambridgeshire. Ollie Simons calling. Ely Folk Festival: Late Night Friday Ceilidh - Ben's Yard, Stuntney Estate, Ely. The Festival Band with Ollie Simons calling. Gate to Southwell Folk Festival - Saturday Night Ceilidh with the Festival Band and Fee Lock calling Debden 1940s "Barn Dance", Broctons Farm, Debden, near Saffron Walden. Ollie Simons calling Private Booking - Little Gransden, Cambridgeshire Private Booking - Saffron Walden Cottenham Village Ceilidh, Cottenham Village Hall, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Private Booking - Great Shelford, Cambridge Private Booking - Huntingdon Tilbrook Village Fundraiser, Tilbrook Villlage Hall, near Kimbolton, Hundingdonshire Bishops Stortford Music Festival, "The Bish Bash"! Water Ln. United Reform Church Hall. Mary Panton calling. Private Booking - Girton College, Cambridge Private Booking - Meldreth, Cambridgeshire Private Booking - Newton Longville, Milton Keynes Private Burns Night Booking - Cambridge Private Burns Night Booking - Cambridge Private Burns Night Booking - MOD Chicksands, Bedfordshire Private Burns Night Booking - Cambridge Whittlesea Straw Bear Ceilidh & Open Mic, Indoor Bowels Complex, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Ollie Simons was calling the dances. |
2023
9th December 4th November 28th October 14th October 21st September 16th September 15th September 2nd September 27th-28th August 29th July 27th July 1st July 17th June 16th June 3rd June 7th May 29th April 22nd April 1st April 17th March 10th March 18th February 11th February | Private Booking - MOD Chicksands, Befordshire Private Booking - Flitwick, Bedford Private Booking - Saffron Walden Cottenham Village Ceilidh, Cottenham Village Hall, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Private Booking - Murray Edwards, Cambridge Private Booking - Great Shelford, Cambridge Cecil Sharp House, Regents Park, London Our debut visit to Knees Up. Ollie Simons calling and Ross Henrywood of Barleycorn Productions on sound. Wallingford, Oxfordshire Two ceilidhs on the Saturday of the festival. Towersey Festival Private Booking - Chittering, Cambridgeshire Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge Opening Stage 3 with a ceilidh. Mary Panton calling. Private Booking - Darwin College, Cambridge Private Booking - Kings Lynn Private Booking - Cambridge (Cancelled) Private Booking - Cambridge Coronation Ceilidh - Reach, Cambridgeshire Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green, Hastings, Sussex 40th anniversary ceilidh in the White Rock Theatre St Neots, Cambridgeshire, Farmers' Market Private Booking - St.Neots, Cambridgshire Private Booking - Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Haddenham Village Family Ceilidh, Arkenstall Centre, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs. A welcome return of Haddenham's annual ceilidh for the village and its environs. Peterborough Cathedral Ceilidh A return visit for a ceilidh in the awesome grandeur of one of Englands finest Cathedrals. A night to remember with Ollie Simons calling the dances and Ross Henrywood of Barleycorn Productions on sound. Ely Folk Festival fund-raising ceilidh, City of Ely Bowls Club. A ceilidh to help secure the future of Ely Folk Festival for 2023 and beyond. |
2022
12th November 3rd October 8th October 24th September 10th September 3rd September 25th August 20th August 13th August 6th August 31st Jul - 5th Aug 23rd July 9th July 3rd July 2nd July 2nd July 25th June 4th June 3rd June 28th May 28th May 21st May 13th May 29th April 16th April 2nd April 26th March 4th February 22nd January | Oxfolk Ceilidhs, Kennington Village Hall near Oxford The Festival Big Band raised the roof of Kennington Village Hall for our first visit to the Oxfolk ceilidh series. Private Booking - Magdalene College, Cambridge Ely Cathedral, Harvest Festival ceilidh in the Lady Chapel Our second Cathedral ceilidh of the year, this time in the awesome grandeur of the stunning "Ship of the Fens" and our local Cathedral. Ollie Simons was calling the dances and Ross Henrywood of Barleycorn Productions was on sound. Private Booking - St.Neots Iron Horse Ranch House, Market Deeping, near Peterborough Private Booking - Graveley, St.Neots Private Booking - Royston Folk East Festival, Glemham Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Saturday LNE Ceilidh with the Festival Band. Private Booking - Stapleford, Cambridge (Covid cancelled) Private Booking - Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (Covid cancelled) The Sidmouth Folk Festival 2022, Sidmouth, Devon. Two Anhcor Gardens ceilidhs and two sessions with the Festival Band. Private Booking - Bedford Ely Folk Festival, Ely, Cambridgeshire Mad Hatters Festival, Mad Hatters Campsite, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Ceilidh with Erin Mansfield calling. Private Booking - Rectory Farm, Madingley, Cambridge Mad Hatters Festival, Mad Hatters Campsite, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Ceilidh with Erin Mansfield calling. Ely U3A Ceilidh, Royal Bitish Legion Hall, The Brook, Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely. Private Booking - Littleport, Ely Christchurch Village Jubilee Party, Christchurch Community Centre, near Wisbech Private Booking - Sutton, Sandy, Bedfordshire St.Neots Market Square, St.Neots, Cambridgeshire. Farmer's Market entertainment Private Booking - Norfolk Unicorn Ceilidhs, Baldock, Hertfordshire. Todmorden Folk Festival, Todmorden, West Yorkshire Friday evening opening ceilidh with the Festival Band. Private Booking - Haddenham, Ely Private Booking - Flitwick, Bedford Private Booking - Saxmundham, Suffolk Private Burns Night Booking - RAF Wittering Peterborough Cathedral Burn's Night Supper & Ceilidh, Peterborough Cathedral. A ceilidh in the awesome grandeur of one of England's finest Cathedrals. A night to remember with Ollie Simons calling the dances and Ross Henrywood of Barleycorn Productions on sound. |
2021
16th October 15th October 18th September 4th September 21st August 7th August | Private Booking -Magdalene College, Cambridge Private Booking - Swynford Manor, Newmarket Private Booking - Sutton Gault, Ely Private Booking - Saffron Walden Private Booking - Norwich Private Booking - Kimbolton Castle, St.Neots |
2020
4th September 22nd August 31st Jul - 7th Aug 6th June 1st May 10th April 8th February | Oxfolk Zoom Ceilidh - Wallingford Bunkfest Special With Sarah, Tim and Tom, our acoustic “two households only” line-up.The fabulous Fee Lock was calling the dances. Covid-19 Cancelled - Deferred until 2022 Folk East 2020, Glemham Hall, Suffolk. Covid-19 Cancelled - Deferred until 2022 The Sidmouth Folk Festival 2020, Sidmouth, Devon. Covid-19 Cancelled - Deferred until 2024 Gate to Southwell Festival, Southwell, Notinghamshire. Covid-19 Cancelled - Deferred until 2022 Todmorden Folk Festival, Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Covid-19 - Postponed until 2022 Unicorn Ceilidhs, Baldock, Hertfordshire. Family Ceilidh, Arkenstall Centre, Haddenham, Ely, Cambs. We once again played Haddenham's post Christmas ceilidh for the village and it's environs. |
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